garmet wrote:Don't care much for the badges; it's too much involvement. Just love to be able to thumb, though; gives a sense of control and power; right after I've thumbed; I beat my chest and let out a Tarzan call like Carol Burnett used to do

You gotta hear what Vicki Lawrence says at the end. Gosh, I miss that show!!

thank you thank you thank you. I used to watch this show with my parents, and this clip had me crying I was laughing so hard. Had to share it on Facebook!

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”― Isaac Asimov

XCEL can do what it wants with your money with no discounts for seniors or having a heart.You can't go anywhere else for gas or electricity unless your rich enough to buy all the new updates out there now. There are rules about other link ups in cities and once they have you it's not like driving a car where you can go to another gas station.

The biggest over looked monopoly in America with a cold heart. (EXCEL)I was double charged this month on two items and have no say so on a call to EXCEL I made today.Read it and wheep is pretty much the word from EXCEL.Who said we do not have a dictator over our heads in America?

The most annoying stuff to read on here are from those who repeat the same ol comments, from last year, from 6 months ago, from last week, SSDD...We get it, we know where your stand on a certain topic. Iggy bin.

And the nested loops/nested quotes are very lengthy, and out of control.

Warning: All the scrolling on nested quotes may cause shifty beady eyes, blurred vision, motion sickness, or end up ignoring that group of comments entirely.

Gr8ful Dude wrote:I can live with those, what irritates me is the often overly heavy moderating. Stifles the open exchange of ideas on topics that by their very nature get emotionally charged. We're all adults here, I think we can handle it.

I disagree completely.

Try reading the comments on a news site (CNN) that isn't moderated as carefully as the Post forums are and see what happens when "adults" are allowed to speak freely.

I like how the DP moderates the comments section. You are right about how CNN and, if I can add Yahoo's comment sections have so much spam, non-pertinent and troll comments that clutter the exchange of comments. Even with DP's moderating there are numerous commenters’ that get into personal attacks with each other. Plus, having the same people posting the political attacks even though the story has nothing to do with politics is frustrating.

garmet wrote:Don't care much for the badges; it's too much involvement. Just love to be able to thumb, though; gives a sense of control and power; right after I've thumbed; I beat my chest and let out a Tarzan call like Carol Burnett used to do

Ya! Me too. I like the thumbs; not so much the badges. The badges remind me of Cub Scout merit badges.

“It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.” ― Voltaire

kmorse and joem,Shame on the Denver Post! What a tawdry and loaded survey! Would the Post offer the same poll for the Jewish fast days or Muslims' Ramadan? Predjudice is alive and well at the DP.

Post Poll - Lent If you were Catholic, or if you actually are: Which of these would you be most likely to give up for Lent? Fatty foods Yelling at strangers Yelling at strangers on the internet Alcohol Sobriety Cheering for Tim Tebow Negative thoughts Driving too fast Watching television news Reading online news Paying taxes Not paying taxes Voting on online polls

garmet wrote:kmorse and joem,Shame on the Denver Post! What a tawdry and loaded survey! Would the Post offer the same poll for the Jewish fast days or Muslims' Ramadan? Predjudice is alive and well at the DP.

Post Poll - Lent If you were Catholic, or if you actually are: Which of these would you be most likely to give up for Lent? Fatty foods Yelling at strangers Yelling at strangers on the internet Alcohol Sobriety Cheering for Tim Tebow Negative thoughts Driving too fast Watching television news Reading online news Paying taxes Not paying taxes Voting on online polls

I'd probably pick "sobriety".

“It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.” ― Voltaire

I've been trying to make a post for the last several minutes, and every time I hit return, the whole thing disappears. It backs up to the original page that was opened, and I can't forward back to my comment.

I'm no newbie around here, but this has been happening more and more in the last few months. It's sooooo frustrating. For reasons I don't want to get into, it's not always possible to compose something elsewhere and then copy/paste it in.

What's up with this annoying honking every time I post and how the hell do I turn it off? Is this another of their lame attempts to "make things better" around here like "badges". Badges are for annoying over achieving cub scouts, but this honking baloney is is just lame.

dans wrote:We're trying out something here: An open thread! Use this to talk about whatever you want.

Try getting rid of over zealous and extremely liberal moderators. Also try not to control the news stories that can be commented on. The Obama has told several out right lies in the last week or two, and no mention or chance to voice an opinion.

Gr8ful Dude wrote:I can live with those, what irritates me is the often overly heavy moderating. Stifles the open exchange of ideas on topics that by their very nature get emotionally charged. We're all adults here, I think we can handle it.

I disagree completely.

Try reading the comments on a news site (CNN) that isn't moderated as carefully as the Post forums are and see what happens when "adults" are allowed to speak freely.

I like how the DP moderates the comments section. You are right about how CNN and, if I can add Yahoo's comment sections have so much spam, non-pertinent and troll comments that clutter the exchange of comments. Even with DP's moderating there are numerous commenters’ that get into personal attacks with each other. Plus, having the same people posting the political attacks even though the story has nothing to do with politics is frustrating.

Liberals love it when they are backed up by the "media." That way facts have nothing to do with the conversation.